Chamomile: useful properties

Camomile is one of the best natural healers. With its help, you can treat a variety of diseases: both colds, diseases of internal organs, and "female" diseases. It helps with hemorrhoids and joint diseases. In a word, the chamomile, whose useful properties we will consider in this article, is one of the most useful plants in nature for humans. It is also very important that it has virtually no contraindications.

Chamomile Pharmacy - Health Benefits

There are several species of camomile, but most useful of themis a pharmacy. Its healing properties were known in Russia in ancient times. Chamomile throat rinsed the throat, drank them to cure the stomach, kidneys, and other digestive organs, soared their feet, even made ointments based on it, even ointments, thus curing skin diseases. We were well aware of the daisy in India, where it was used, approximately, for the same purposes.

In the daisy (more precisely - in her flowers) contains everything,that is necessary for the treatment of the above diseases. This and essential oil, and tannins, and minerals, as well as carotene, glucose and various useful acids: stearic, salicylic, palmitic, linoleic, oleic. Collecting chamomile is desirable from mid-June to mid-to-late August - this is the time of its full flowering. You can dry the chamomile simply in the shade, but you can use an oven or even a special cupboard for this. Only the temperature in the oven should be set small - no more than 40 degrees.

Therapeutic properties of chamomile against colds

Few things can compare with chamomileon antiseptic and anti-inflammatory action. That is why it can be used for colds of any type, including severe forms such as tonsillitis, influenza or bronchitis (of course, together with other medicines). In addition to the usual rinses infusion of chamomile, there are very good recipes that help it from angina.

1. Take the flowers of chamomile and sage in the proportions of 3 to 1at the rate of 1 tbsp. (tablespoon) of the mixture for 1 tbsp. (glass) of boiling water. Now pour the mixture with boiling water, insist 15 minutes, filter and rinse her throat. Brew infusion is better than rhinestone in large quantities, since rinses with angina are required every hour.
2. We take chamomile flowers and linden flowers in proportions of 3 to 2 (1 tablespoon per glass). Also pour boiling water and insist. Gargle is needed in the same way.
3. We take chamomile baskets and fill them with boiling water (1st.l. baskets on a glass of boiling water). After that, on the tip of the knife, add boric acid. Next, put the infusion on the stove and cook over low heat for 7 minutes under the lid. After this, the infusion should be cooled and drained - the rinse is ready.

Healing properties of chamomile for the stomach

Chamomile helps against a number ofgastrointestinal diseases. This and gastritis, and colitis, including chronic, and weak bile secretion, and fermentation and flatulence. The recipe for chamomile in these cases is very simple: 1 tablespoon. chamomile flowers need to pour one glass of boiling water and insist for 15-20 minutes. Drink infusion 4 times a day, one quarter of a glass.

From a stomach upset is good and such a recipe: you need to take 1 tablespoon. chamomile and mint, a spoonful of pomegranate peel and pour it all 1 liter of boiling water. Infuse this mixture for 2 hours, and drink the same scheme as in the previous recipe: 4 times a day for one quarter of the glass. Also effective is chamomile pharmacy and as part of various charges, many of which are sold in pharmacies.

Chamomile in cosmetology and gynecology

For cosmetic purposes, chamomile is activelyapply, because it has excellent moisturizing, anti-inflammatory, bleaching and disinfecting properties. It also very well stimulates blood circulation. Used infusion of chamomile for acne, neurodermatitis, eczema and other inflammatory diseases of the skin. To make this, take 2 tablespoons. chamomile and pour boiling water (0.5 liters), then insist in a dark place for about 15 minutes. Such an infusion can wipe the skin, and also do with it compresses and applications. By the way, this infusion and hemorrhoids helps very well (especially if applied in the form of applications).

Also, thanks to its excellentanti-inflammatory qualities, chamomile can significantly reduce the inflammatory processes in the female genital area - and this is the reason for more than 50% of women's calls to the gynecologist according to statistics. In gynecology, infusion of chamomile is used for applications, but even better action can be achieved with douching. Just make sure that the infusion of chamomile with douching is approximately equal to body temperature. In general, the chamomile pharmacy properties of which are so diverse, truly is a universal healer.